This week marks the start of one of the most lucrative college sporting events of the year, the NCAA Men's Division 1 basketball tournament. Scheduled to bring in over $100 million dollars in revenue to member institutions, there is no doubt that "March Madness" is big business. With the tremendous amount of money that is changing hands while the student-athletes push for a spot in college basketball immortality, the debate continues about whether or not college athletes should get a piece of the action.
In addition to our viewpoints on this topic, we are also presenting a few recent ESPN.com articles that discuss this very question, "Should college athletes be paid?"
Should college athletes be paid? - Robert Lipsyte and Dan Shanoff
College athletes already paid in full - Jason Whitlock
Pay college athletes? No. - Johnette Howard
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